GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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WordMeaning
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
abnegationdenial
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
precipitousprecipitate
transpireto take place : go on
grudgingunwilling
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
appeasepacify
deifyto make a god of